8,000 still without power in storm at Lake Tahoe

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. 
A winter storm in the Sierra Nevada left more than 10,000 homes and businesses without power around Lake Tahoe most of Wednesday and about 8,000 were still in the dark at nightfall.

NV Energy spokesman Karl Walquist says crews were working to repair power lines that were downed overnight by high winds and tree limbs snapping under the weight of heavy snow.

The biggest outage affected about 10,000 customers at South Lake Tahoe and the Meyers area. Walquist says power was restored to about 2,000 of those Wednesday afternoon.

Numerous smaller outages were reported around the lake, from Stateline, Nev., to Tahoma on the west shore and near Tahoe City in the north. Power was restored earlier Wednesday to 3,300 customers on the north shore between Tahoe City and Kings Beach.